Birds of British Honduras. Notes on Some of the Birds Resident in That
BIRDS OF BRITISH HONDURAS BY R. P. DEVAS, O.P., M.C. B ir d s o f British Honduras NOTES ON SOME OF THE BIRDS RESIDENT IN THAT PART OF CENTRAL AMERICA BY F a th e r RAYMUND DEVAS, O.P., M.C. Yuille’s Printerie Limited, 66 Marine Square, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, B.W .I. C B 491 By the same Author VISITORS’ BOOK OF BIRDS TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO MUIR, MARSHALL & CO . Booksellers Marine Square, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. CONTENTS Page Foreword (v) SEA BIRDS — Brown Pelican 1 Frigate Bird 1 Terns 3 Laughing Gull 4 Yellow-billed Tropic Bird 5 Boobies 6 BIRDS OF THE LAND — Hummingbirds 15 Swifts 17 Swallows 19 Flycatchers 23 Thrashers and Thrushes 29 Wren 31 Honeycreeper 31 Warblers 32 Troupials 33 Vireos 38 Tanagers 43 Finches 45 Woodpeckers 49 Wood-hewer 52 Shrike 52 Cotinga 52 Chatterers 54 Owls 56 CONTENTS — Cont’d. Nightjars, Nighthawks 57 Ani 58 Cuckoos 59 Trogons 59 Motmot 61 Jacamar 62 Puff Bird 63 Macaws 63 Parrots 64 Toucans 65 Vultures 66 Hawks 67 Magpie 69 Pigeons and Doves 70 Game Birds 71 River-birds, Ducks, Waders 73 INDEX 81 FOREWORD. The birds of British Honduras include many of the birds you may meet again in other parts of Central America. Among them, quite apart from the migrants, will be noticed some that are to be found north of Mexico, and others that are to be seen also south of the Panama Canal. And East? Yes, I am happy to say, British Honduras has a number of birds in common with the West Indies, though some of them, as we shall see, show considerable differences in habits and song and even appearance.
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